Francis R Scobee Middle School

Size

Francis R Scobee Middle School is the largest of Southwest ISD's 4 middle schools; its 797 students are 5.4% of district enrollment. Its 8 closest middle schools sit a median 3.3 miles away with a median enrollment of 646; Francis R Scobee Middle School is close to their typical size.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 enrollment and school type. Share of district students = this school's students ÷ the district's students. Nearest schools by straight-line distance between NCES EDGE locations.

Grades

Its largest grade is grade 8 with 276 students, and its smallest is grade 6 with 260, against an average of 266 per grade. Its first and last grades are close in size: 260 in grade 6 and 276 in grade 8.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

The largest group is Hispanic students: 83.8% here and 89.3% across Southwest ISD. Students from all 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

74.8% of its students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, against 82.5% across Southwest ISD and a median of 65.6% for Texas middle schools. Under the Community Eligibility Provision, every student can eat breakfast and lunch at no charge, and families fill out no meal application.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.

Teachers

With 58.4 full-time-equivalent teachers for 797 students, Francis R Scobee Middle School has 13.6 students per teacher. At the median Texas middle school ratio of 14.4, a school with 797 students would have about 55.3 teachers, so Francis R Scobee Middle School has 3.1 more.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas middle schools (14.4).

Location

Francis R Scobee Middle School is in an urbanized area of 250,000 people or more, outside its principal city, which NCES calls suburb, large. The nearest other middle school is IDEA Ambrose and Freda Robinson College Preparator, 1.4 miles away in IDEA Public Schools. Within 10 miles there are 33 other middle schools, 12 of them within 5 miles.

Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.